The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-21
miscellaneous.

The occupants of the pit, after an awful
struggle, escaped, but many OF them
were greatly injured There was only
one exit from the gallery, and the crush
there was terrific. Scores were trodden
snder foot and sufocated At least $50
persons are believed to have persisted.
The schooner Arethusa arrived at
Gloucester, Mass, September 18th from
the Grand Banks, and reports that ter
rible hurricane swept over the banks
August Goth. Great damage was done
to vessels and many fishermen were
lost
The Paris newspapers all agree that
the mobilizing experiment is a success.
They say that if France had been in
such condition for the war in 1870 as she
is now, Germany would have found her
match.
The ship Falls of Bruar, of Glasgow,
bound from Hamburg for Calcutta with
a cargo of salt, foundered off Yarmouth
September 4th, the cargo having shifted.
Five of the crew were rescued and
twenty-four were drowned. Most of
them were Germans and Swedes.
Queen Victoria's Jubilee presents
were exhibited to the public September
18th in the throne room and audience
chambers of St. James Palace.
Sir Charles Young, author of the play
of ''Jim, the Penman," died in London
September 18th.
Twelve Mormon Elders are now in
Wales.
The application OF Johann Most, the
Anarchist, to become a citizen of the
United States, has been rejected.
Mrs. Josephine Tanner has been ar
rested at Nebraska City on charge Of
poisoning her child.
The death of the King of Holland is
daily expected,
The retirement OF Prince Ferdinand is
| certain
The American and Canadian authori-
ties will make a united effort to capture
McGarigle.
There was fight between English
and French sailors at Quebec September
! 1lth
Over sixty persons were injured by
the fall OF a church floor at Needmore,
| Tenn, September 18th.
A roaring we'll is causing sensation
near Harlem, Ga.
Archbishop Corrigan's private secre-
! tary says there is no probability of
McGlynn's case being reopened.
J. d. Reed, Jr, OF Pittsburg, will play
| S. d. Barker, of Boston, for the checker
championship ofsAmerica.
Cholera is spreading in Chile.
Thoura crop is ruined and many cities
have been damaged by the sudden rise
| of the Nile
The sale of the French crown jewels
Melted little over 1000, 900 francs.
The new torpedo boat, the Rayo, de-
veloped great speed on her trial on the
| Thames.
Sarah Bernhardt's voice is lost, owing
to imprudence in the country.
An American named Clinchwood
swindled an English clergyman at
Geneva, Ont, of e1 900.
Gladstone in declining an invitation to
go to America, pays hearty tribute to
American institutions.
The schooner Niagara foundered in
Lake Superior September 8th, and all the
crew were lost.
Ed. Mcdonald, the Chicago boodler,
made an almost successful attempt to
escape from jail September 9Th.
Jacob AIbric shot his wife and killed
himself at Omaha September 8th.
The British Government has assented
to the granting of a subsidy OF 945, 900
yearly to the Canadian Pacific Railway
for carrying the mails to and from the
East.
One person was killed and number
injured by railroad collision near Alton,
Iowa, September 9TH.
The Maverick Oil Works at East BOs-
ton, Massachusetts,, were burned Septem-
Der 9TH Five men lost their lives in the
fire.
A suit against the estate of Richard
Connolly, Tweed's associate, has been
settled by the heirs in Paris.
Six married women in Paris have
adopted a masculine costume.
There was a riot in a tobacco factory at
Presburg September eth.
A great storm has done much damage
on the English coast.
The Richmond Paper Company OF
Providence, r. l., has suspended.
Chicago underwriters have boycotted
the National Insurance Company.
The Denver, Utah and Pacific road has